Long-time Southwest Initiative Foundation (SWIF) President/CEO Sherry Ristau is resigning from her position, effective later this summer, SWIF said in a news released Thursday.
Read MoreHelping people have fun giving money away was Skora's calling.
Read MoreKenneth and Sharon Glassman were diehard United Township High School Panther fans. The Glassmans were 1947 graduates of UTHS, and both had careers in the trades. Kenny, as his friends would call him, worked as a welder at Johnson Sheet Metal and Sharon worked at International Harvester Plant, East Moline.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation is pleased to announce that eight nonprofit organizations recently received grants totaling $9,700.00.
Read MoreArea nonprofits will receive a total of $10,000 in grants from Teens for Tomorrow (T4T), the youth philanthropy program of the Quad Cities Community Foundation. Teen members met on Sunday, May 4th, to decide the grant recipients from a pool of 23 applicants.
Read MoreIt wasn’t a typical May Day for the staff members of the Scott County Family Y, or for the YMCA’s Camp Abe Lincoln.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation is pleased to announce that three nonprofit organizations received Impact Grants totaling $5,500 during the April 2014 grant cycle. Impact Grants are distributed monthly, and are made possible by the Community Impact Endowment.
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Dave Slater was dedicated to wildlife conservation ideals, leading him to be instrumental in waterfowl habitat and preservation in Iowa and Illinois. He was also a 1984 graduate of Iowa State University and businessman who owned Eastern Iowa Grain Inspection and Weighing Service.
Read MoreThe rankings are in. Every year the top U.S. community foundations are ranked nationally. This year, the Community Foundation improved their positioning by one level, moving from the 113th largest community foundation to the 112th largest.
Read MoreEarly this morning before school started, almost 100 DeWitt citizens gathered to celebrate. I was there as both a DeWitt resident and as a representative of the Community Foundation.
Read MoreOn May 18th, $376,650 in scholarship aid was awarded to 47 Quad City Area high school students. The awards were presented during the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s annual scholarship reception held at the Outing Club in Davenport, IA.
Read MoreIn the Quad Cities, a bi-state community situated on the Mississippi River in Iowa and Illinois, three students drop out of high school every school day… meaning that between 600-700 students drop out of school every year.
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The Quad Cities Community Foundation is pleased to announce that grant funding to enhance arts education is now available. The Isabel Bloom Art Education Endowment was established at the Foundation to support visual arts education in primary and secondary schools located in Scott and Rock Island Counties.
Read MoreTwenty-eight area nonprofit organizations were awarded $359,855 on Wednesday, April 23rd during The Amy Helpenstell Foundation’s Spring Grant Reception at 8:30 a.m. at the Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island, IL.
Read MoreThe Grant W. Brissman and Virginia M. Brissman Foundation, established in 2013, is pleased to announce the availability of grant funds to benefit the Village of Milan and its residents.
Read MoreCelebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the Community Foundation began as the Davenport Area Foundation in 1964 for the purpose of pooling the charitable resources of local philanthropists.
Read MoreThe Bishop Hill Heritage Association has received gifts of $20,000 from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation and $2,500 from the Quad Cities Community Foundation for the 1855 Dairy Building Interior Restoration Project.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation is pleased to announce that $100,000 is currently available to grant to area nonprofits through their Core Mission Grant program.
Read MoreThirty-five students from 8 Quad City area high schools will grant a total of $10,000 to charitable organizations serving Rock Island and Scott counties. Grant applications can be accessed and submitted online by March 1, 2014.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation is pleased to announce it has reached $100 million in assets in its 50th year of existence. The Foundation is now in the top 10% of community foundations nationally based on assets.
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